Parikh, P;
Bou Karim, Y;
Paulose, J;
Factor-Litvak, PP;
Nix, DE;
Nur Aisyah, DD;
Chaturvedi, H;
... Lakhanpaul, PM; + view all
(2020)
COVID-19 and Informal Settlements - Implications for Water, Sanitation and Health in India and Indonesia.
(UCL Open: Environment Preprint
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UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Informal settlements are home to over one billion people worldwide and are characterised by high population densities and poor environmental conditions. The authors identify the impact of COVID-19 on existing water and sanitation practices and potential pathways for transmission of COVID-19 in informal settlements in India and Indonesia. In the short term, there is an urgent need for mobile hand washing, washing/bathing facilities and toilets. In the long term, COVID-19 provides an opportunity to invest in centralised water and sanitation networked solutions appropriated for high-density settings to integrate those settlements into the city, improve environmental conditions and health in cities.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | COVID-19 and Informal Settlements - Implications for Water, Sanitation and Health in India and Indonesia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.444/000036.v3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/000036.v3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Policy and law, WASH, Informal settlements, India, COVID-19, Indonesia, infection pathways, Water, The Environment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10108332 |
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